PHED170 Individual Fitness and Wellness
Department of Kinesiology and Sport Studies: Kinesiology and Sport Studies Department Archive
- I. Course Number and Title
- PHED170 Individual Fitness and Wellness Course No Longer Offered
- II. Number of Credits
- 2 credits
- III. Number of Instructional Minutes
- 2250 minutes
- IV. Prerequisites
- None
- Corequisites
- None
- V. Other Pertinent Information
- This course fulfills a Personal Health Requirement in Category I: Essential Skills and Perspectives and the Category III requirements of the Core Curriculum at Bucks County Community College for Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving and Responsible Citizenship.
- VI. Catalog Course Description
- This course is designed to guide the student to develop a personal fitness program utilizing concepts of muscle physiology and nutrition. Each student will be evaluated and an individual exercise and nutrition program will be recommended.
- VII. Required Course Content and Direction
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Course Learning Goals
- The student will learn valid concepts of exercise physiology and how to apply them to a chosen activity.
- The student will learn valid concepts of nutrition and how to apply them to his own diet.
- This course will emphasize that wellness is more than not being sick-it's an approach to health that aims to reduce the risk of serious illness.
- This course will emphasize the importance of physical exercise as a means of maintaining wellness and preventing health problems in later life.
- This course will provide an understanding of the interactions among diet, stress, and physical exercise with wellness.
- This course will provide motivation for the student to make meaningful changes in his lifestyle to improve and maintain his health.
- This course will demonstrate through progression and self-improvement that exercise is self-fulfilling, organically beneficial and personally enjoyable.
This course satisfies the requirements for the BCCC Core Curriculum.
Core Learning Goals:
Category I:-
Personal Health:
- develop attitudes, values, and skills which promote physical and emotional well-being to extend over the course of their lives.
Core Learning Objectives:
Category I:-
Personal Health:
- recognize the components of wellness, exercise, and diet that contribute to life long physical, and mental wellness. (1)
- practice wise choices regarding exercise and diet. (1)
- apply appropriate skills to manage stress and anxiety in order to maintain holistic health. (1)
- describe the links between behavior and health over the course of a lifetime. (1)
Category III:-
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving:
- integrate and /or combine knowledge from multiple sources to create new knowledge.
- reason from what they know to form new knowledge, draw conclusions, solve problems, explain, decide, and /or predict. (Inductive and/or Deductive Reasoning Skills)
Responsible Citizenship: The student will be able to:
- demonstrate an understanding of major ethnical concerns.
- demonstrate familiarity with contemporary environmental issues.
Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities
- Basic physiology of exercise
- principles of warm-up, stretching, and cool down
- basic anatomy of muscles and joints
- fiber type
- ligament
- tendon
- Muscular contractions: isotonic, isometric, and isokinetic.
- Muscular metabolism
- anaerobic
- aerobic
- Applied physiology of exercise
- principles of an exercise prescription:
- frequency, intensity, time
- overload, progressive resistance, specificity, recovery
- physiological effects of regular anaerobic exercise
- physiological effects of regular aerobic exercise
- Cross-training and how a variety of activities contribute to cardiovascular and total fitness
- The role of diet and nutrition – What is a quality diet?
- weight management and body composition
- cardiovascular disease and atherosclerosis
- heat balance, fluid, and electrolyte consumption
- role of the nutrients in energy metabolism
- relationship among stress, diet, and exercise
- Concepts of recuperation, positive adaptation, and deconditioning
- immediate and correct care of athletic injuries
- evaluation of fitness progress and self-testing
- How to critically review the current literature in the areas of nutrition and physiology of exercise
- Definition of the concepts 'fitness" and "wellness"
- Fitness evaluation; flexibility tests, strength tests, body composition and weight assessment, cardiovascular assessment
Assessment Methods for Course Learning Goals
Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Student:
Text is selected by physical education faculty. The instructor of each section in the Course Format will provide details. -
Review/Approval Date - 12/03; Core Goals/Objectives added 6/04